Resist Pressure And Harassment

November 15, 1987|The Morning Call

To the Editor:

On behalf of Planned Parenthood of North East Pennsylvania, I want to express publicly our support for local organizations, institutions and individuals who are being pressured and harassed to compromise the provision of services and information to the people of the Lehigh Valley.

Planned Parenthood's primary concern has always been reproductive health care, as presented in our mission statement: "PPNEP shall protect and promote an environment which ensures that individuals have universal access to quality reproductive health care and the freedom of choice to determine their reproductive needs."

However, the same environment must also be preserved for other human services, not only for those directly and solely involved with reproductive health.

All medical, educational and social service providers must be free to offer safe, legal and appropriate services to the community at large without fear of threats of retaliation from small special-interest groups.